Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loculose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: locu-lose
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Divided by locules (internal partitions inside cells).

Example Sentences

"The pith of the pokeweed is loculose."

Etymology

From Latin loculosus. See loculament and locule.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: loculosus

Inflected Forms

more loculose (comparative) most loculose (superlative) loculous (alternative)

Questions

What does loculose mean?: Divided by locules (internal partitions inside cells).
Where does loculose come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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